Author Note: This will be a long, but revealing chapter. It will reveal some key elements for my plot, as well as what went wrong with Terra's decision. Now on with the chapter!
Chapter II: Forlorn Soul Part IIThe Titans and Slade fought like never before, stronger then ever, yet Slade wasn't hit even once. The old clock tower began to crumble as they were launched into gears. "Is that it, Titans? Not so good without your friend Beastboy are you?"
"I'm right here, Slade."
"Ah! The boy who never grew up has returned!" Slade said.
"Shut-up."
"Beastboy!"
"Robin, I have a score to settle with him. Leave, all of you."
"Finally standing up for yourself, huh Beastboy?" Slade asked. He was obviously toying with him. Beastboy angrily jumped towards Slade, and then kicked him as a kangaroo before quickly morphing into a gorilla. "Is that all you got? No wonder Terra doesn't want to remember you! You're weak!" Beastboy punched Slade with such force, that Slade went flying through three steel gears before colliding with a wall, denting it. "Why you little…!" Slade returned the punch with a kick before jumping onto a rusted gear. Slade attacked Beastboy with a bomb, sending him flying.
"Is that it?"
"Never!" Beastboy transformed into an angry grizzly and slashed the man's mask, destroying it. Slade covered his face and attempted to run but was stopped by Beastboy. "You're not going anywhere." Beastboy punched Slade into a wall. Behind the mask was a man in his late forties or early fifties with white hair and a white goatee. He also had a white patch covering his right eye. "So you're the man behind the mask?"
"She never liked you." Slade said. "She said you never knew when to grow up. She told me everything about you, Beastboy. With you gone, the Titans will fall."
"But Terra…"
"Is enjoying the new life me and my associates gave her." An orb of fire appeared and exploded into millions of pieces, which came together and made a body. It was human, with gray skin and large horns on its shoulders. It had a green eye on its forehead, a red one on one hand, and a blue on the other. It also had Dragon-like feet and ripped blue jeans. It then morphed to a child, then back to the mutated human form.
"Hello, Beast boy." The creature said. A man then appeared in a white light, the man who the titans were fighting on a bridge not long ago.
"We meet again, shape-shifter." He said.
"You can't possibly defeat Armegeddon, Sirus, and me together, can you? No. No one's coming to the rescue, Beastboy. Sirus has blocked your communicator's signal. It's over."
"No…"
"Face it, kid!" Armegeddon said. "Your end is here!"
"My spells far surpass anything you can morph into."
"Three against one, Slade? Isn't that a little unfair?" Beastboy asked. He closed his eyes and he lost consciousness.
"Should we leave him?" Armegeddon asked.
"No." Sirus said. "If we leave him, he'll find his way back to the titans."
"Correct. Which is exactly why I'm leaving him here."
"Have you lost your mind, Slade?"
"No, Sirus. I just implanted a probe into his body. Soon, it will painlessly attach itself to his brain. We will know everything he knows, see everything he sees, and hear everything he hears. Now let's go, we have more work to do."
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Tara sat on her bed, staring out her window only a few feet away from the bed, thinking. Her house was near the ocean, so she almost always saw beautiful sunsets. "Am I really who I think I am?" She asked herself. "Are my dreams… visions of a past life? Could I really be who that green kid says I am?" She was dumbfounded. "What is wrong with me?"
"Nothing is wrong, child… you just got what you wished for…" There was a whisper in her room. A familiar voice echoed as the voice got louder. "Are you telling me you now have second thoughts?"
"Second… thoughts? Who are you? Show yourself!"
"No need to yell… I'm right behind you." Tara turned to see a tall-cloaked man: Fate.
"You are… familiar. But how?"
"You are not who you think you are. This family, your friends, your school, this house… your very life is a wish. A wish I granted for you."
"What do you mean?" Fate's eyes flashed white.
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"… … …"
"Terra." Terra awoke and found herself in a large, dome room. it was pretty empty, a large blue, circular carpet was in the center of the floor with a stand and crystal ball in the center of that. There were a total of twenty-two torches on the walls of the room with windows above each one. Each window allowed in different colors: Red, Blue, Yellow, Straw, Orange, White, and Light Blue, a pattern that repeated itself. The light that came through the windows were dim, but enough to see with when combined with the light of the torches. In the center of the large dome roof was a window, which let in a faint gold light.
"Who are you?" Terra asked.
"I am Fate. I control all that is, was, or ever will be. I am giving you a second chance… a chance to make things right before it is too late."
"Too late?"
"… You have two choices…"
"Tell me." Terra said.
"You can run back to your old life, to your friends, and home, where you are truly needed by more then one. Or, you can begin a new life, a new family, new friends, new school, new everything. But both choices have a price… if you choose to run back, you may never see true peace till your end comes, for the evil shall not stop. But if you choose to start anew, you will lose all memory of the ones you love, and your old life. The choice is yours. Search your heart, it shall know which is best for you."
"I want to start a new life… I don't want to cause more trouble then I already have."
"Is that it then?"
"Yes."
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"Did you truly want this, Tara?" Fate asked. "Did you… would you want this?"
"… …" Tara was deep in thought.
"Take your time… I sense you are going through the memories I returned to you. Make YOUR choice, Tara."
"Who…"
"Who?" Fate asked.
"Who is that man… that wicked man who used me… controlled me?" Fate grinned, but the grin went unseen underneath the blanket of shadows that covered his face.
"Slade. He is the one. You remember everything now, don't you?"
"I want to go back… I can't live a lie…"
"Are you sure? Chances are history will repeat itself… … if you haven't learned from your lessons, that is."
"Yes… I have unfinished business to take care of." Fate smiled beneath his cloak.
"You have made the right decision, Terra. They need you." In a white light Tara found herself transformed. The house and everything from her previous decision had disappeared, except for the knowledge that Beastboy had of it. "Go now, Terra. He needs you."
"I'm on my way." Terra smiled and lifted a large rock with her powers and flew away.
"Fate works in many ways, doesn't it, Terra?" The suit imbedded into her skin by Slade faded away as she flew into the city.
END CHAPTERR&R, next chapter is being written… now. Write, my clones, write!